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How to keep your children learning at home despite little resources

Alawia Achieng', a pupil at Children in Freedom School in Nakuru, dances with her father as they follow an online lesson at home. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Most children have already lost three months of formal education due to the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. The likely staggered reopening of schools means that some children will only return to school long beyond September. 

Children whose parents or caregivers have been able to take on the role of educator may have been able to keep up with the curriculum. But the break in schooling will have had the greatest impact on children who live in poverty – that is the majority in the country.

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